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писать

писать

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈsatʲ]

Verb

писа́ть (pisátʹ) impf (perfective написа́ть)

  1. to write
  2. (literary) to paint (a painting)
Conjugation
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imperfective

perfective

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Etymology 2

Borrowing from German pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin *pissiō, of echoic origin.

Alternative forms

  • пи́сять (písjatʹ) (childish or less crude colloquial)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲisətʲ]

Verb

пи́сать (písatʹ) impf (perfective попи́сать)

  1. to urinate, to pee, to piss
  2. (vulgar) to be hot for, to be sexually attracted to
Conjugation
Derived terms

imperfective

perfective

Related terms

References

  • Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), писать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), писать”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 35
  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1902), писати”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 935